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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
48. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Veteran status, age, and sex	2018
	Civilian noninsti- tutional population	Civilian labor force						Not in labor force
		Total	Percent of population	Employed		Unemployed
		Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of labor force
TOTAL VETERANS
Total, 18 years and over	19,201	9,453	49.2	9,127	47.5	326	3.5	9,748
18 to 24 years	256	183	71.6	164	64.0	19	10.6	73
25 to 34 years	1,636	1,367	83.6	1,311	80.1	56	4.1	269
35 to 44 years	1,996	1,720	86.2	1,660	83.2	60	3.5	276
45 to 54 years	2,759	2,322	84.2	2,261	82.0	60	2.6	437
55 to 64 years	3,569	2,222	62.3	2,151	60.3	71	3.2	1,347
65 years and over	8,985	1,639	18.2	1,580	17.6	59	3.6	7,346
Men, 18 years and over	17,335	8,320	48.0	8,027	46.3	292	3.5	9,015
18 to 24 years	210	155	73.8	137	65.2	18	11.6	55
25 to 34 years	1,314	1,133	86.2	1,086	82.6	47	4.1	181
35 to 44 years	1,626	1,430	88.0	1,378	84.8	52	3.6	196
45 to 54 years	2,359	2,022	85.7	1,968	83.4	54	2.7	337
55 to 64 years	3,161	1,996	63.1	1,932	61.1	64	3.2	1,165
65 years and over	8,664	1,584	18.3	1,526	17.6	58	3.7	7,080
Women, 18 years and over	1,866	1,133	60.7	1,099	58.9	34	3.0	732
18 to 24 years	46	28	61.3	27	58.5	1	-	18
25 to 34 years	322	234	72.7	225	69.9	9	4.0	88
35 to 44 years	370	290	78.4	281	76.1	9	3.0	80
45 to 54 years	400	300	75.0	293	73.3	7	2.2	100
55 to 64 years	408	226	55.5	220	53.8	7	3.1	182
65 years and over	321	55	17.2	54	16.8	1	2.2	266

Gulf War-era II veterans
Total, 18 years and over	4,149	3,358	80.9	3,229	77.8	129	3.8	791
18 to 24 years	256	183	71.6	164	64.0	19	10.6	73
25 to 34 years	1,636	1,367	83.6	1,311	80.1	56	4.1	269
35 to 44 years	1,196	1,011	84.5	974	81.4	37	3.7	185
45 to 54 years	627	520	82.9	509	81.2	11	2.1	107
55 to 64 years	340	247	72.6	243	71.4	4	1.6	93
65 years and over	94	30	31.8	29	30.6	1	-	64
Men, 18 years and over	3,444	2,853	82.8	2,742	79.6	111	3.9	592
18 to 24 years	210	155	73.8	137	65.2	18	11.6	55
25 to 34 years	1,314	1,133	86.2	1,086	82.6	47	4.1	181
35 to 44 years	988	852	86.3	820	83.0	32	3.7	136
45 to 54 years	549	466	84.9	456	83.1	10	2.1	83
55 to 64 years	299	220	73.7	217	72.7	3	1.4	79
65 years and over	84	26	31.0	25	29.8	1	-	58
Women, 18 years and over	704	505	71.7	487	69.1	18	3.5	200
18 to 24 years	46	28	61.3	27	58.5	1	-	18
25 to 34 years	322	234	72.7	225	69.9	9	4.0	88
35 to 44 years	208	159	76.3	154	73.7	5	3.4	49
45 to 54 years	78	54	69.2	53	67.7	1	2.1	24
55 to 64 years	41	26	64.1	25	62.0	1	-	15
65 years and over	10	4	-	4	-	0	-	6

NONVETERANS
Total, 18 years and over	229,673	150,489	65.5	144,797	63.0	5,693	3.8	79,184
18 to 24 years	28,832	18,668	64.8	17,175	59.6	1,493	8.0	10,163
25 to 34 years	42,945	35,407	82.4	34,014	79.2	1,394	3.9	7,538
35 to 44 years	38,574	31,899	82.7	30,957	80.3	943	3.0	6,674
45 to 54 years	38,480	30,989	80.5	30,112	78.3	877	2.8	7,491
55 to 64 years	38,548	25,135	65.2	24,413	63.3	722	2.9	13,413
65 years and over	42,295	8,390	19.8	8,126	19.2	264	3.2	33,905
Men, 18 years and over	102,817	76,774	74.7	73,824	71.8	2,950	3.8	26,043
18 to 24 years	14,396	9,538	66.3	8,693	60.4	844	8.9	4,858
25 to 34 years	20,890	18,656	89.3	17,940	85.9	716	3.8	2,234
35 to 44 years	18,307	16,693	91.2	16,230	88.7	463	2.8	1,614
45 to 54 years	17,797	15,506	87.1	15,070	84.7	436	2.8	2,291
55 to 64 years	17,105	12,444	72.7	12,069	70.6	375	3.0	4,661
65 years and over	14,321	3,938	27.5	3,822	26.7	116	2.9	10,383
Women, 18 years and over	126,857	73,715	58.1	70,972	55.9	2,743	3.7	53,141
18 to 24 years	14,436	9,131	63.3	8,482	58.8	649	7.1	5,305
25 to 34 years	22,054	16,751	76.0	16,073	72.9	678	4.0	5,303
35 to 44 years	20,267	15,207	75.0	14,727	72.7	480	3.2	5,060
45 to 54 years	20,683	15,483	74.9	15,042	72.7	441	2.8	5,200
55 to 64 years	21,443	12,691	59.2	12,344	57.6	347	2.7	8,751
65 years and over	27,974	4,452	15.9	4,304	15.4	148	3.3	23,521
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Gulf War-era II veterans served on active duty anywhere in the world sometime since September 2001. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000).

Last Modified Date: January 18, 2019